THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNIC NAMES IN THE PIDRIKS SAGA a Study in Germanic Heroic Legend by PAFF, WILLIAM J - 1959

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Light shelf wear to the book and jacket which shows some light soiling and a closed tear to the front panel. First printing, no others noted. The Pidriks Saga was based on legends about Theoderic the Great that spread after his death. The Gothic king Theoderic became known as Dietrich von Bern, a king ruling from Verona (Bern) who was forced into exile with the Huns. The differences between the known life of Theoderic and the picture of Dietrich in the surviving legends are usually attributed to a long-standing oral tradition that continued into the sixteenth century. The majority of legendary material about Dietrich/Theoderic comes from high and late medieval Germany and is composed in Middle High German or Early New High German. Another important source for legends about Dietrich is the Old Norse Thidrekssaga, which was written using German sources. In addition to the legends detailing events that may… Read More

Mouton & Co, 1959. in8. 1959. Cartonné.

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Some minor rubbing and page-edge soil. Good. Scandinavian Literature Mouton 's-Gravenhage 1959 orig.cloth 22x14cm, vii,238 pp, A bump to rear cover corner. Series: Harvard Germanic Studies, 2.

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